Decisions on prosecution is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service, based on evidence provided to them by law enforcement agencies, including the Police.<\/p>
On the question of fines, data on the Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued under the COVID-19 regulations by police forces in England and Wales is published by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) on a monthly basis and can be found on the NPCC website.<\/p>
The latest publication from 28th June 2021 can be found here and displays a list of the reasons for FPNs being processed:<\/p>
https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/fefef3f0ea8241018b9bda2d33fa95be.pdf<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347576/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Fixed Penalty Notices - Covid 19.pdf"} , "title" : "Fixed Penalty Notices - Covid 19"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-07-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-07-29T12:44:40.88Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Coronavirus: Disease Control"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government in what circumstances people may be (1) prosecuted, and (2) fined, for breaking COVID-19 regulations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3278", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Rawlings"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Rawlings"} ], "uin" : "HL2094"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347577", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347577/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A pilot scheme tests a policy before it becomes operational to identify any delivery challenges and how these can be overcome ahead of wider deployment. A pilot is limited in its delivery by time period, volume, context or geography, or any combination of these. Within NHS Test and Trace there have been 158 pilot schemes.<\/p>
The Events Research Programme (ERP) is a single cross-Government programme which ran a number of event pilots. It aims to examine the risk of transmission of COVID-19 from attendance at events to enable people to attend a range of events safely. The programme is exploring how a combination of testing and non-pharmaceutical interventions or actions that people can take to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, can inform decisions on safely lifting restrictions at events. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is currently leading the ERP, which has conducted 42 pilot events within the programme.<\/p>
Trials are put in place to identify solutions to a specific research question. They are run within formal research governance and are listed on an open science platform, available to the scientific community. The outcomes of trials are prepared for peer-reviewed publications. Information on the number of all such COVID-19 trials is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4909", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Kamall"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Kamall"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-09-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-09-29T15:41:18.817Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Coronavirus"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what constitutes a COVID-19 (1) pilot scheme, (2) event research programme, (3) trial; and how many there have been of each of these in the last two years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3278", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Rawlings"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Rawlings"} ], "uin" : "HL2095"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347578", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347578/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Crown servants and Government contractors, which includes civil servants must quarantine in a managed facility or in their own accommodation, depending on the \u2018traffic light\u2019 allocation of the country they departed from or transited through in the 10 days before arrival in the United Kingdom. This applies unless a relevant Government department has certified that they are not required to do so and the traveller is:<\/p>
- a Crown servant or Government contractor travelling to the UK for essential Government work or returning from such work outside the UK; or<\/p>
- returning from conducting essential state business outside of the UK; or<\/p>
- returning to the UK where this is necessary to facilitate the functioning of a diplomatic mission or consular post of Her Majesty or of a military/other official posting on behalf of Her Majesty.<\/p>
Civil servants meeting the first two of these eligibility criteria may also be exempt from the mandatory post-arrival testing requirements. Some civil servants who are conducting essential border work or essential defence activities are also exempt from the requirement to complete a Passenger Locator Form, as well as quarantine and travel testing requirements. While all social distancing restrictions are no longer mandated, the legal duty to self-isolate when notified by NHS Test and Trace remains in place applies to civil servants as to the wider public.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4708", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bethell"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Bethell"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-09-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-09-01T11:00:06.823Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Civil Servants: Coronavirus"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government which civil servants are exempt from COVID-19 rules related to (1) travelling, and (2) mixing with groups of other people; and for what reasons they are exempt.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3278", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Rawlings"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Rawlings"} ], "uin" : "HL2096"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347579", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347579/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
All polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are validated centrally and verified locally as a minimum prior to use. The results of the validation and verification are reviewed by independent subject matter experts in the field prior to laboratories testing individuals\u2019 samples with the assays. PCR tests in all laboratories are subject to an enhanced variant of concern assurance program, facilitated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and NHS Test and Trace.<\/p>
<\/p>
National Health Service tests cannot be used for travel in order to preserve existing testing capacity to protect public health. Since requirements were introduced for international travel testing, the costs of testing have fallen significantly. We are committed to working with the travel industry and private providers to reduce the cost of travel testing and we have made NHS Test and Trace tests available at the market mid-point.<\/p>
A list of private providers used for testing purposes is attached, due to the size of the data. Some organisations which have self-declared that they meet the Government\u2019s minimum standards for the type of testing service they offer have opted out from publication of their details of the Government\u2019s centrally held list.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4708", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bethell"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Bethell"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347579/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "HL2097 TABLE.docx"} , "title" : "General Private Test Providers"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-08-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-08-05T11:56:45.613Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Coronavirus: Screening"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the quality of NHS COVID-19 PCR tests, (2) the reasons why airlines do not accept the results of NHS tests in order to travel, (3) the additional cost for travellers of paying for privately-provided tests, and (4) which private sector companies are benefitting from these business practices.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3278", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Rawlings"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Rawlings"} ], "uin" : "HL2097"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347580", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1347580/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Range Rover Cars on the Government Car Service (GCS) fleet are plug in hybrid electric vehicles.<\/p>
(1) Short car journeys taken by ministers will be on electric power only with zero emissions.<\/p>
(2) These same Range Rover Cars were classified as Ultra Low Emission Vehicles at time of procurement in 2018.<\/p>
<\/p>
The GCS is continually reviewing fit for purpose vehicles for Ministerial use, and with support from the Department for Transport to meet emission targets for government fleets, the GCS will be replacing cars as they become due for renewal with a continuing focus on replacement vehicles being more environmentally friendly and where possible, using fully electric alternatives.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-07-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-07-27T14:11:05.667Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-07-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the vehicle emissions produced by ministers travelling short distances in Range Rovers; and what plans they have to reduce such emissions by reducing the number of (1) short car journeys taken by ministers, and (2) Range Rovers used by ministers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3278", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Rawlings"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Rawlings"} ], "uin" : "HL2098"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1311252", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1311252/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Decisions on whether medicines are funded by the National Health Service are taken by clinical commissioning groups and there is a requirement to fund drugs recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.<\/p>
Where a drug is funded by the NHS there is no charge to the patient other than the prescription charge, from 1 April 2021 £9.35 per prescription item in England, that applies to medicines dispensed in the community. Around 89% of prescriptions are dispensed free of charge due to the extensive list of prescription charge exemptions. Since 1968, the only change to the list of medical exemption criteria was the introduction of the exemption for people undergoing cancer treatment in 2009, including the effects of cancer, or the effects of current or previous cancer treatment.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4708", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bethell"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Bethell"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-04-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-04-26T16:58:57.613Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-04-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prescriptions: Fees and Charges"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government in what circumstances patients are charged for the first two months of the prescription of new drugs; whether decisions on charging for new drugs are determined by (1) the NHS, or (2) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; whether the circumstances in which patients are charged for new drugs has changed in the last five years; and if so, (a) when, and (b) for what reasons.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3278", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Rawlings"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Rawlings"} ], "uin" : "HL15182"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1279989", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1279989/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The table below provides the status of all courts closed since 2015, shown by the jurisdictions as requested.<\/p>
<\/p>
Name<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Jurisdiction Closed<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Date of Closure<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Disposal Status<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chesterfield County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 31/10/2015<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Harrogate County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2015<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hereford County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 31/12/2015<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Accrington County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 31/03/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Accrington Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/03/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aldershot & Farnham County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 31/01/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Building retained as Aylesbury Crown Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)<\/p><\/td> Crown part only<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Building retained as Barnstable Magistrates, County and Family Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Brecon Law Courts<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bridgend Law Courts<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 29/07/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bury St Edmunds Crown & Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 07/10/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Buxton Magistrates' & County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Caerphilly Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/05/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 27/05/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Consett Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 29/07/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Corby Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 01/07/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dartford Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate/Family<\/p><\/td> 03/05/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dolgellau Crown & Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 25/08/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Doncaster County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 03/05/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth & Dorchester Combined)<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fareham Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feltham Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucester Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 09/12/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grantham Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greenwich Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 27/05/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Halifax County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 02/12/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)<\/p><\/td> Magistrate/Family<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)<\/p><\/td> County part only<\/p><\/td> 24/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hinckley Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/07/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kettering Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> King's Lynn County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lowestoft Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Macclesfield County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 29/07/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Macclesfield Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Morpeth & Berwick County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 30/05/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 29/07/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oldham Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ormskirk Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 28/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pontypridd Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 29/07/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Prestatyn Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 15/08/2016<\/p><\/td> Building retained as Prestatyn Justice Centre<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rhyl County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 04/11/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates\u2019 Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 18/03/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rotherham Magistrates' & County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sandwell Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/03/2016<\/p><\/td> Building retained as Shrewsbury Crown Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Skegness Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Solihull Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/03/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> St Helens Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 24/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Building retained as St Helens County and Family Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stroud Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)<\/p><\/td> Crown<\/p><\/td> 27/05/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tameside Magistrates' & County Court (County Part Only)<\/p><\/td> County part only<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Building retained as Tameside Magistrates\u2019 Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Trafford Magistrates' Court & Altrincham County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tunbridge Wells County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 09/12/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wakefield & Pontefract Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 26/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Waltham Forest Magistrates\u2019 Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/03/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)<\/p><\/td> County part only<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Building retained as Warrington Crown Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 24/06/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Weymouth & Dorchester Combined Court (Westwey House)<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 25/04/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Worksop Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/03/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/09/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yeovil County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 25/11/2016<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bicester Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 19/05/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bolton Combined Court Centre (County Part Only)<\/p><\/td> County part only<\/p><\/td> 09/06/2017<\/p><\/td> Building retained as Bolton Law Courts<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bolton Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/11/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bournemouth Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 27/01/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bow County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bury Magistrates' & County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 09/06/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Caernarfon Civil and Family Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 18/08/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chichester Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 02/06/2017<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dover Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 26/05/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Eastbourne Magistrates' & County Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrates/Family<\/p><\/td> 29/09/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hammersmith Magistrates\u2019 Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/12/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hartlepool Magistrates' & County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined/Family<\/p><\/td> 30/01/2017<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Holyhead Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 28/04/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kendal Magistrates' & County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kettering County Court<\/p><\/td> County<\/p><\/td> 07/07/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lambeth County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 22/12/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancaster County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 01/12/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Llangefni Civil and Family Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 18/08/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oldham County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 14/07/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Redhill Magistrates' & Reigate County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 31/03/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 13/01/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Scunthorpe Magistrates' & County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 13/01/2017<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> St Albans Crown & County Court (County Part Only)<\/p><\/td> County part only<\/p><\/td> 28/07/2017<\/p><\/td> Building retained as St Albans Crown Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stafford Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate/Family<\/p><\/td> 28/04/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Telford County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 29/09/2017<\/p><\/td> Currently being used as a temporary Nightingale Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Torquay Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 01/09/2017<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tottenham Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 10/02/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warrington Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 13/01/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Watford Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 28/07/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Woolwich County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 30/06/2017<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Birmingham Magistrates' Youth Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate/Youth<\/p><\/td> 31/01/2018<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chichester Combined Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 28/12/2018<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chippenham Magistrates' & Civil Court<\/p><\/td> Combined/Family<\/p><\/td> 27/07/2018<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Maidenhead Magistrates\u2019 Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/12/2018<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sunderland County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 07/09/2018<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Banbury Magistrates\u2019 and County Court<\/p><\/td> Combined<\/p><\/td> 31/03/2019<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Blackfriars Crown Court<\/p><\/td> Crown<\/p><\/td> 20/12/2019<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 31/01/2020<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chorley Magistrates\u2019 Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 29/03/2019<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Colchester County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 30/04/2019<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fleetwood Magistrates\u2019 Court (currently sitting as a Family Hearing Centre)<\/p><\/td> Magistrate/Family<\/p><\/td> 26/04/2019<\/p><\/td> Currently being used as a temporary Nightingale Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Harlow Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate<\/p><\/td> 30/04/2019<\/p><\/td> Awaiting disposal<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northallerton Magistrates' Court<\/p><\/td> Magistrate/Family<\/p><\/td> 30/04/2019<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Shrewsbury Crown Court<\/p><\/td> Crown<\/p><\/td> 08/03/2019<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Southend County Court<\/p><\/td> County/Family<\/p><\/td> 06/09/2019<\/p><\/td> Disposed<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Disposed = The property has either been sold, or our tenancy has ended. The property is no longer part of the HMCTS estate.<\/p> Awaiting disposal = The property is closed and disposal is pending.<\/p> <\/p> Ensuring that we can operate safely during the Covid-19 pandemic is our top priority. We have put in place measures in our court rooms so that they can hold Covid-19 secure trials, moved to virtual hearings where possible and opened additional court rooms in Nightingale courts as part of a package to increase available capacity.<\/p> <\/p> We have now opened Nightingale courts at 21 locations, including the use of former court buildings, bringing the total number of temporary court rooms set up nationwide to 40. These additional temporary courtrooms have allowed us to increase capacity, particularly for jury trials, in locations where there is an operational requirement and hold additional hearings within a safe environment.<\/p>"}
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